Video: Bears HC Eberflus' Reason to Challenge Addison's 'Explosive' Catch Goes Viral

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus made an interesting choice to challenge a big play from the Minnesota Vikings in the third quarter of Sunday's loss.

On Monday, he broke down his decision, saying he felt it was worth challenging a big gain like the one on Sunday.

"I threw the challenge flag because it was explosive, 69 yards," he said. "...When it's explosive there we want to make sure that we want to throw that flag. I understand sideline, all that stuff, cameras, but they've done a good job with the replay assist team, coming in and working with that. I think it always warrants a challenge when you've got that big of a gain. If it was six yards I don't really care, if it was 15 yards, I don't care. But if it's 70 yards, it's worth it, even if we don't have the best look there."

The decision from Eberflus to throw the challenge flag is a bit puzzling. If the call had been overturned, it may have taken some yards away after the catch but the Vikings would still have the ball and the chance to move down the field. The decisions also burned a timeout early in the second half.

Eberflus hasn't had the best luck with challenges. The one he lost on Sunday marked his fifth consecutive challenge that wasn't overturned.

The lost timeout came back to hurt the Bears in the third quarter when Eberflus and the offense were not on the same page during a crucial fourth down. Chicago had its special teams unit on the field with the offense when it intended to go for it on fourth down, and rather than using a second timeout, quarterback Caleb Williams had to get the snap off in a hurry and ultimately turned it over on downs and gave the ball back to Minnesota.

Despite a controversial choice from Eberflus, Chicago managed to force overtime against the Vikings but lost 30-27. The loss puts the Bears at 4-7 on the year while Minnesota improved to 9-2.